diff --git a/server/src/main/java/com/cloud/template/TemplateManagerImpl.java b/server/src/main/java/com/cloud/template/TemplateManagerImpl.java
index 550f53b37f8..3bdea7c89c1 100755
--- a/server/src/main/java/com/cloud/template/TemplateManagerImpl.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/com/cloud/template/TemplateManagerImpl.java
@@ -920,8 +920,6 @@ public class TemplateManagerImpl extends ManagerBase implements TemplateManager,
             if (template.isCrossZones()) {
                 // sync template from cache store to region store if it is not there, for cases where we are going to migrate existing NFS to S3.
                 _tmpltSvr.syncTemplateToRegionStore(templateId, srcSecStore);
-                s_logger.debug("Template " + templateId + " is cross-zone, don't need to copy");
-                return template;
             }
             for (Long destZoneId : destZoneIds) {
                 DataStore dstSecStore = getImageStore(destZoneId, templateId);